Then Again (John Farnham album)
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Then Again... is a studio album by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n singer John Farnham
John Farnham
John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...

. The album was released in Australia on 18 October 1993, and reached #1 on the ARIA charts
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

. It is notable along with its predecessor, Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction (John Farnham album)
Chain Reaction is a studio album by Australian singer John Farnham. The album was released in Australia on 24 September 1990. "Chain Reaction" was the highest selling album in Australia in 1990 and debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts in September....

, for the fact that Farnham himself co-wrote most of the songs on the album, in this case nine of the fourteen tracks. The album won 'Highest Selling Album' at the ARIA Awards in 1994, and was promoted in a nationwide tour titled "Talk Of The Town", which began in early 1994.

Of its four singles only, "Seemed Like A Good Idea (At The Time)" reached the top 20, peaking at #16. However, "Angels" and "Talk Of The Town" remained fan favourites and fixtures in Farnham's live sets in future years.

Track listing

  1. "Angels" (T. Kimmel, J. Kimball) – 5:47
  2. "Seemed Like A Good Idea (At The Time)" (R. Wilson, J. Farnham, R. Fraser) – 4:19
  3. "Only Women Bleed
    Only Women Bleed
    "Only Women Bleed" is a song written by the musicians Alice Cooper and Dick Wagner. It is a ballad about a woman in an abusive marriage.It is one of Cooper's biggest hits, reaching #1 on the Canadian RPM national singles chart and #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1975. It is from...

    " (Alice Cooper
    Alice Cooper
    Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

    , Dick Wagner
    Dick Wagner
    Dick Wagner Dick Wagner Dick Wagner (born December 14, 1943, in Oelwein, Iowa is an American rock music guitarist and songwriter best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed and KISS.-Performing career:...

    ) – 4:23
  4. "Talent For Fame" (J. Farnham, R. Fraser, R. Marx) – 4:39
  5. "When All Else Fails" (J. Farnham, R. Fraser, P. Buckle) – 4:54
  6. "What You Don't Know" (J. Farnham, P. Buckle, R. Fraser) – 3:19
  7. "Treated This Way" (J. Farnham, R. Marx, P. Buckle, R. Fraser) – 4:11
  8. "Always The Same" (J. Farnham, R. Fraser, J. Stevens, S. Fraser0) – 4:07
  9. "The Reason Why" (R. Marx. P. Buckle) – 3:43
  10. "So Long In Love" (R. Marx, J. Farnham, P. Buckle, R. Fraser) – 4:35
  11. "It All Comes Back To You" (D. Brown, D. Batteau, J. Farnham, R. Fraser) – 4:27
  12. "Diamonds" (R. Morris, J. Farnham, R. Fraser) – 4:36 John Farnham
  13. "Rolling Home" (H. Bogdanovs, C. Thompsen) – 4:15
  14. "Talk Of The Town" (S. Howard) – 3:43

Personnel

  • John Farnham
    John Farnham
    John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...

     - vocals, keys (tracks 5-6, 8, 11, 13), percussion (tracks 1, 5, 11), drums (8), drum program (track 12)
  • Phil Buckle - guitars (tracks 1-8, 10-14)
  • Angus Burchall - drums (track 4, 6-7, 11, 13-14), lager phone (track 14)
  • Ross Fraser - keys (tracks 1-2, 5-6, 8-9, 11-12), loops (tracks 1-3, 5, 10-11, 13), bass guitar (tracks 1, 3), additional guitars (track 3), programming (track 8), drum program (track 12), guitar (track 13)
  • Michael Hegerty - bass guitar (tracks 2, 4-8, 10, 12-14)
  • David Hirschfelder - keys (tracks 1-2, 4, 7), organ (track 10)
  • Annie Crummer - vocals (tracks 1, 3-8, 11-12, 14)
  • Lisa Edwards
    Lisa Edwards
    Lisa Edwards is an Australian singer and musician, who had an Australian Top 5 hit with the Godley and Creme song Cry.Born in Adelaide, she is the daughter of a Jazz pianist and a stage performer. She made her stage debut aged seven with her father, who would then regularly take the young girl on...

     - vocals (tracks 3-8, 11-12, 14)
  • Lindsay Field - vocals (tracks 2-8, 11, 13-14)
  • Richard Marx
    Richard Marx
    Richard Noel Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard"...

     - piano (track 9)
  • Steve Williams - sax (track 10), brass arrangement (track 10)
  • Robbie Bourke - sax (track 10)
  • Anthony Norris - trumpet (track 10)
  • Darrell Brown - additional keys (track 11)
  • Justin Brady - violin (track 14)

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1993 Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

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